GTV6 gas cap

[Pottree@domain.elided]

In a message dated 11/20/2002 11:42:30 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:


> GTV6 Locking Gas Cap
> 
> I lost the gas cap last night and when I went back to the station this
> morning, all that was left was the lock.  It must have been run over by
> something very heavy.  Anyway, anybody that9s parting out a GTV6 want to
> sell the gas cap?
> 
> 
Okay, further on the thread of making nice to "lesser" makes...

I have heard that it is VERY difficult to replace a GTV6 gas cap, so if you 
have yours, BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.  If not, best luck.

But, in all, for a specialized part these are too easy to lose in the 
hurly-burly of normal life.  Once upon a time I had a Honda Accord (the Lease 
Queen) and it's much more ordinary gas cap was attached to the car with a 
small nylon (?) filament, and there was also a hand place to hang it on the 
indie of the filler door while at the pump.  This approach was, to me, 
superior to what Alfa came up with and I think shows a little more concern 
for the ultimate user and the product as it will be used by a lot of people 
in normal life, IOW, the kind of mass market thinking need to be successful 
in a consumer-oriented heavy industry like automobiles.

With an eye to the natural world, I bet that some plants or animals that have 
gone extinct had some dandy abilities and adaptations, but there was 
something in the overall mix that made it impossible for them to succeed and 
survive in their niche.  I suspect something like an auto company is like 
that, too: there may have been some wonderful, forward-think attributes to 
lots of the makes that have gone from the scene, but overall they didn't have 
what it takes to survive.

Does Alfa?

Charlie
LA, CA, USA
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